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Operation Amsterdam(Movie, 1959)

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| 1h 44min | Genres: Drama, History, War
Operation AmsterdamRating: 3.0/5 (with 55 votes)
Operation Amsterdam is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book Adventure in Diamonds, by David E. Walker. The action of the story covers 12–13 May 1940 (Whit Sunday and Whit Monday) during the German invasion of the Netherlands. The composer Philip Green composed two original pieces of music for the film, the Pierement Waltz and the Amsterdam Polka. ()
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About Operation Amsterdam

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Netherlands
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 11 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO)
Status: Released
Release date US: 07/06/1960 (World premiere: 01/01/1959)
Screenwriter: John Eldridge, Jr.
Film Editor: Arthur Stevens
Director of Photography: Reginald Wyer
Composer: Philip Green
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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